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Issue: Vol. 675 No. 2: 3 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.675.2.9
Page range: 185-190
Abstract views: 116
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Taxonomic Note and Neotypification of Euonymus acutangulus Wight. (Celastraceae: Celastroideae)

Botanical Survey of India, Central National Herbarium, Shibpur, Howrah-711103, India
Botanical Survey of India, Headquarters, CGO Complex, Kolkata – 700064, India.
Celastraceae Synonym Euonymus India Lectotypification Nomenclature Neotype Eudicots

Abstract

The correct name for the Indian endemic species currently referred to Euonymus angulatus Wight is demonstrated to be E. acutangulus Wight. A Neotype is designated for the name E. acutangulus, while E. angulatus and E. pterocladus are lectotypified in accordance with the Shenzhen Code.

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